Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,628 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Muriel E. Poston (1950- )
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William Madison McDonald (1866-1950)
United States Capitol, 1800
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(1808) An Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves into any Port or Place Within the Jurisdiction of the United States
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John Kenneth Blackwell (1948- )

Explore Global African History

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Project 100,000 (1966-1971)
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Henri Christophe (1767-1820)
Abuja, Nigeria
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Abuja, Nigeria (1991- )
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Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (1925-2007)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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The San Fernando Valley’s Multiethnic Past: Unexpected Communities of Color in “America’s Suburb”
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The 1928 Bunion Derby: America’s Brush with Integrated Sports
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Black Baseball in Minnesota: The Pipestone Black Sox
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African Americans and Cuba’s First Experiment in Castro-Era Tourism: The Joe Louis Commission in Post Revolutionary Havana, 1959-1960

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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